The human body consists of hundreds, perhaps thousands of different types of cells, each with different morphologies and functions, despite having the same genome.

Promotor: A.W. van der Vaart

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: O. van Gaans

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Schmidt

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-promotor: A. Kros

This thesis provides explicit expressions for the density functions of absolutely continuous invariant measures for general families of interval maps, that include random maps and infinite measure transformations, not necessarily number systems.

Politicologische studie naar de opzet, samenstelling en het functioneren van parlementaire commissies.

Archeoloog Victor Klinkenberg onderzocht een oude Assyrische nederzetting in Syrië, dichtbij IS-bolwerk Raqqa. ‘Al met al speelde het sociale leven een veel grotere rol dan het militaire.’ Promotie op 27 oktober.

Hogere temperaturen leiden wereldwijd tot veranderingen in de vegetatie en de bodem van berggebieden. Een internationaal onderzoeksteam met de Leidse ecoloog Ellen Cieraad publiceerde op 25 januari in Nature over de verstoring van het ecosysteem.

This course explains the functions of each international court and tribunal in The Hague. On the basis of cases and interviews with judges and lawyers, this course explores the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice.

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Promotores: H.S. Overkleeft, G.A. van der Marel, Co-Promotor: R.G. Boot

The PID-directed shift in PIN polarity has been broadly accepted as one of the essential mechanisms for the regulation of auxin transport polarity.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. den Hertog

This dissertation presents the results of the importance of creativity for ICT-students of Dutch universities of applied sciences (in Dutch: hogescholen), and the functioning of training courses that aim to promote creative abilities is highlighted.

This thesis seeks to combine two different research topics; Multi-Objective Optimization and Complex Network Analysis.

Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis can severely impact both the physical and social aspect of a patient’s life. Aberrant inflammatory responses are thought to be a major causative factor in these disorders, but an abundance of different factors contribute to the development…

Optimization tasks in practice have multifaceted challenges as they are often black box, subject to multiple equality and inequality constraints and expensive to evaluate.

Vinasse is a major by-product generated by the sugarcane biofuel industry. It is a source of microbes, nutrients and organic matter and often it is recycled as fertilizer.

Heart failure is a major health care problem with high mortality.

Due to their central physiological roles in living organisms, retaining beta-glycosidases have been the subject of tremendous research efforts to examine their structure/function relation using numerous biophysical and biochemical approaches.

Promotor: J.A. van Veen, Co-promotor: E.E. Kuramae

Plants are colonized by an astounding number of microorganisms that can provide different life-support functions, including nutrient acquisition and protection against (a)biotic stresses like drought or pathogen attack.

De psychologen Fenna Poletiek en Erik de Kwaadsteniet krijgen van vakbond FNV een subsidie om te onderzoeken hoe mensen zich gaan gedragen ten opzichte van werk als ze een basisinkomen krijgen. Hoe gaan ze op zoek naar een antwoord?

Religion, Philosophy, and the Pre-modern World

Bekijk, beluister, proef en kook zelf in de Smaakstudio opgezet door, onder anderen, archeologe dr. Joanita Vroom, in het kader van een nieuwe tentoonstelling in het Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam. Joanita Vroom geeft ook een serie workshops over voedsel uit het verleden.

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.Th.F. den Hollander, Co-promotor: R. Fernandez.

De onderzoekers van het departement ‘World Archaeology’ van de Faculteit Archeologie richten zich in hun onderzoek op verschillende periodes en regio’s: van de oorsprong van de mens tot aan de Middeleeuwen en de moderne tijd, en van Azië tot Zuid-Amerika.

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

How can ecosystem services within river catchments be quantified in spatial and temporal explicit way?

This thesis revolves around the electronic spectroscopy of molecules in the laboratory and the search for the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs).

Spectroscopic studies on fluorescent single molecules in organic condensed matter does not only provide information about the molecule itself, but also its near environment. By suppression of phonon-induced broadening of spectral lines through cooling to low temperatures, small changes in the spectral…

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

This thesis covers various applications of topology in condensed matter physics and quantum information.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Co-promotor: B. de Smit

This dissertation focused on computational methods based on first principles calculations using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework. Emphasis was laid on affordable methods that can provide a tradeoff between computational expense and accuracy.

We have studied the impact of particle shape anisotropy, multivalent interactions and flexibility on systems of micron-sized colloidal particles.

Promotor: I. A. G. Snellen, Co-promotor: M. A. Kenworthy

This thesis systematically analyzes the physical-chemistry of lipid-graphene interactions with the major objective of reconciliating the variety of results reported in the literature.

Aangezien jeuk en pijn zeer belastend kunnen zijn, vooral wanneer mensen chronisch aan (een van) deze symptomen lijden, is het belangrijk te weten door welke factoren deze gewaarwordingen worden beïnvloed. Het wordt steeds duidelijker dat psychologische factoren een belangrijke rol spelen bij het ervaren…

Het Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) houdt op 4 november het publiekssymposium ‘Onzekere tijden: struikelblok of springplank?’, dat de positieve kant van onzekerheid belicht. De bijeenkomst vindt plaats in de Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden.

Artificial intelligence algorithms govern in subtle, yet fundamental ways, the way we live and are transforming our societies. The promise of efficient, low‐cost or ‘neutral’ solutions harnessing the potential of big data has led public bodies to adopt algorithmic systems in the provision of public…

BioSolar Cells is a five-year research project in which ten knowledge institutions and 45 private industries work together.

Op 18 september 2019 verdedigde Huw Llewellyn zijn proefschrift 'An Institutional Perspective on the United Nations Criminal Tribunals: Governance, Independence and Impartiality'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.M. Blokker en prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik.

De Universiteit Leiden stimuleert studenten om na hun bacheloropleiding door te gaan met de masteropleiding. Je Leidse bachelordiploma Psychologie geeft je toegang tot de masteropleiding Psychologie in Leiden.

Een onderzoek naar de invloed van afgeleid eten op consumptiebeleving en het consumptiegedrag.

Internationaal geadopteerde kinderen gebruiken niet meer medicijnen dan hun niet-geadopteerde leeftijdgenoten.

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Humans can see the world through the eyes of other humans and imagine what they know, want, and intend. This competence is known as Theory of Mind.